Re: Bug Status?

Re: Bug Status?

May 6 2012, 8:51 PM

Five days Rock-Pen-Welcome-Frank-Louisa etc. Saw three skeeters of the winter kind that is large slow and non biting.

But it was rainy and cold. What might have been dry before is now flowing strong. We had several fords on the Louisa Rock portage to knee deep. When the weather warms the blackflies will emerge depending as they do on moving clear water.

We did not need bug jackets nor dope. That is not to say you can get away with the same.

Re: Bug Status?

May 6 2012, 9:19 PM

I killed a couple black flies crawling on my skin today. ( I know, not very buddha of me.) We're planning on going out again next week, so I hope they don't get any worse, but that hope gets fainter every day. Without frost, I think it may be an early bug season this year. I've already been bit by a mosquito last week on Burnt Island. We're planning a trip south for the end of the month, you can only take so much of bug season.

Re: Bug Status?

Swarming, but not biting yet

May 7 2012, 9:48 AM

My wife and I took a hike on some crown land a little to the west of the the park (near access point #2) yesterday (May 6th).

The blackflies were out in force, swarming all around us, but they were not biting yet. We stopped to boil some water for some coffee and lunch and the small amount of smoke drove them off, so we probably have less than a week left before they start needing their blood meals.